Isaac Smith (1718–1783) • FamilySearch

Isaac Smith

1718–27 December 1783 (Age 66)
Horsley, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom

The Life of Isaac

When Isaac Smith was born in 1718, in Horsley, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Will. Smith, was 28 and his mother, Elizabeth, was 18. He married Susannah Tainton on 8 October 1745, in Bisley, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 27 December 1783, in his hometown, at the age of 65, and was buried in Horsley, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom.

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Parents and Siblings

Isaac Smith

1718–1783

Susannah Tainton

1720–1799

Marriage: 8 October 1745

Thomas Smith

1746–

Deborah Smith

1746–

Isaac Smith

1748–

Mary Smith

1753–

Isaac Smith

1757–

William Smith

1759–1830

Sarah

1759–

Samuel Smith

1763–

Richard Smith

1768–

Spouse and Children

Isaac Smith

Male1718–1783Male

Susannah Tainton

Female1720–1799Female

MARRIAGE
8 October 1745
Bisley, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom

children

(9)

Male1746–Male

Female1746–Female

Male1748–Male

Female1753–Female

Male1757–Male

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Parents and Siblings

Will. Smith

Male1690–Male

Elizabeth

Female1700–Female

siblings

(1)

Isaac Smith

Male1718–1783Male

Name Meaning

Smith

Isaac

English: occupational name for a worker in metal, from Middle English smith (Old English smið, probably a derivative of smītan ‘to strike, hammer’). Metalworking was one of the earliest occupations for which specialist skills were required, and its importance ensured that this term and its equivalents were perhaps the most widespread of all occupational surnames in Europe. Medieval smiths were important not only in making horseshoes, plowshares, and other domestic articles, but above all for their skill in forging swords, other weapons, and armor. This is the most frequent of all American surnames; it has also absorbed, by assimilation and translation, cognates and equivalents from many other languages (for forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988 ).

Possible Related Names

Blacksmith

Gowan

Nesmith

Smithe

Smithson

Smyth

Smythe

Sources (3)

Isaac Smith in entry for James Smith, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
Isaac Smith in entry for Mary Smith, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
Isaac Smith in entry for Samuel Smith, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"

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